
Every Wednesday evening: films hosted by Sachin Chatte
Children’s Art School
An after school children’s applied art programme that runs four days a week, with curriculum designed exclusively for Sunaparanta by Leslie Lakhia
Mission Statement
“Sunaparanta is a project that has long been a dream, now becoming a reality. It is a non-profit, process-based initiative to encourage creation, learning, understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the visual arts through education and dialogue in Goa.”
“Sunaparanta is a project that has long been a dream, now becoming a reality. It is a non-profit, process-based initiative to encourage creation, learning, understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the visual arts through education and dialogue in Goa.”
- Dattaraj V. Salgaocar
Events
Exhibitions
'Draw the Line' exhibition curated by Margaret Mascarenhas - at Sunaparanta until 14th Jan 2012Curated by Margaret Mascarenhas, 'Draw the Line' - a kaleidoscopic multi media exploration of line and boundaries featuring 50 artists was inaugurated on 14th December 2011 with a special tribute to the great artist of Goa, Mario Miranda. ...read more
Exhibition of paintings by Vamona Navelcar - 22nd to 31st Oct 2011
The first edition of the month long Semana da Cultura, Indo-Portuguesa (Goa) celebrations began with the inaugural ceremony at Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts. The soiree involved an exhibition 'In dreams the work is born' - by eminent artist ...read more
Ida Kar - Portraits of F.N. Souza
‘Ida Kar: Portraits of F.N.Souza’ - an exhibition of photographs opened at Sunaparanta – Goa Centre for the Arts on the 8th of October with Jatin Das as our chief Guest. These images were tak ...read more
Tigers - an exhibition of photographs by Dattaraj V. Salgaocar held in June 2011
‘Tigers’– an exhibition of photographs by Dattaraj V Salgaocar held in June 2011 brought the gallery alive with the lovely display of photographs capturing the various facets of the tiger. Young and old who dropped by to ca ...read more
PhotoFlare 2011 exhibition on 9th & 10th April '11
PhotoFlare 2011- International Photography Festival, Goa The Photography Club of Goa Engineering College is organizing PhotoFlare2011, an international Photography Festival at the Sunaparanta Goa Centre For The Ar ...read more
Aruna Witte's works at Cafe Al Fresco - 4 Jan to 27 Jan 2011
Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts invites you to view works by Aruna Witte at Café Al Fresco between 10 am to 7 pm Please contact our office for the price list ...read more
'One Foreign Love' exhibition & sale of paintings by Patricia Geraldes - 8th to 27th January 2011
Sunaparanta presents 'One Foreign Love' an exhibition of paintings by Sunaparanta Resident from Portugal, Patricia Geraldes. Open to the public from 8 Jan to 27 Jan 2011 between 10 am to 7 pm (Sundays open till 6.30 pm) Venue: Suna ...read more
Screening of 'Swan Lake' on 20th Dec at 6.30 pm
Sunaparanta - Goa Centre for the Arts in association with Child's Play - India Foundation presents a screening of the Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet in 'Swan Lake' on Monday, the 20th of December at 6.30 pm. The duration is 111 mins. ...read more
Blue Shores Silent - a prison art exhibition at Sunaparanta was held between 9 Dec '10 to 3 Jan '11
‘Blue Shores Silent – a prison art exhibition’. Curated by Margaret Mascarenhas and Swatee Nair, the exhibition was inaugurated by Mr Julio Ribeiro on the 9th of December and the prison art wor ...read more
'Glimpses of Ladakh' - Photography Exhibition (Fund raiser) - 18th to 24th October '10, 11 am to 7 pm
Sunaparanta – Goa Centre for the Arts in Association with Photography on the Move Presents ‘Glimpses of Ladakh’ An Exhibition cum Sale of Photographs to pay tribute to the ...read more
I THINK therefore I AM - Installation exhibition of Seema Kohli - 4th to 9th September
Installation exhibition of films and drawings by Seema Kohli open to the public from 4th to 9th September, 11 am to 7 pm. Seema Kohli, whose work is up for Christie's auction, is a visual artist based in New Delhi and her works in canvas, ...read more
People's Canvas programme at Sunaparanta
People’s Canvas – 14th, 15th & 16th August, 11 am to 7 pm There is a living, breathing creative force in our people of Goa. Let it come together this Independence Day at Sunaparanta. ...read more
Pathbreakers
Pathbreakers – Inspired Artists of Goa Curated by Dr. Saryu V. Doshi ...read more
Free Express exhibition
Café Al Fresco by Chocollatti and the Free Express exhibition was open to the public on 2nd Nov 2009. Curated by Margaret Mascarenhas ...read more
Workshops
Open Studio at SunaparantaOur Pottery Studio is up and running! At present - Contemporary Ceramic Artist Sylvia Kerkar is conducting a workshop in Handwork Techniques in Terracotta for beginners. We also have regular wheel throwing technique classes thrice a week with ...read more
Invitation to 'The Performance' of the Extension Project by Patricia Geraldes
Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts invites you to ‘The Performance’ of the Extension Project by Patricia Geraldes – a performance art initiative. The performance will mark the end of a week-long workshop. During the wor ...read more
3 day Colour Mixing workshop by Elena Fedosenko - 29th, 30th September & 1st October
Colour Mixing – 3 day workshop by Elena Fedosenko Each colour has its own psychological value – In this workshop you will learn how to decode these values and how to use colour to express yourself, your emotion ...read more
The Extension Project a performance art initiative by Patricia Geraldes - 16th September Orientation
Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts presents The Extension Project – a performance art initiative by Patricia Geraldes Schedule: 16th Sept – Orientation session at 6.00 pm The objectiv ...read more
What Lies Within - an Intuitive Art workshop with Deviprasad C Rao, 4th to 6th August '10
Intuitive Art is defined as work by artists who are uninfluenced by the mainstream art world, and are driven predominantly by their own subconscious, personal history and vision. This is generally known as 'art brut' but also includes non-traditio ...read more
Art Skills for Development
Art Skills for Development – Drawing workshop by Liz Kemp This workshop took an informal and experimental look at the fundamental skills of drawing based on the figure and still life studies. ...read more
Thinking Films Creative Process
Thinking Films-Creative Process-Visual Storytelling – a workshop by award-winning director Ashvin Kumar ...read more
Workshop on Cold Ceramics
Workshop on Cold Ceramics by Aadhi Vishal Cold Ceramics is not fired in a kiln. It is a medium of art where a mixture of resins, hardener and chalk powder is pasted with glue to form dough, which is then applied onto the surfac ...read more
Woodcut Workshop
Woodcut Workshop by master printmaker, Viraj Naik ...read more
Lectures
18th April '11 at 6.30 pm - Presentation & Interaction with Ar. Anjalendran C.Renowned Sri Lankan Architect Anjalendran C a monograph on his work titled “Anjalendran: Architect of Sri Lanka” was published by Tuttle Publishing in 2009. While on his visit to India wil ...read more
Understanding M.F. Husain
Understanding M.F. Husain-an explication on the origin of Husain’s work, an illustrated lecture by writer, director and film-maker K. Bikram Singh ...read more
Lectures on Art by Eminent Art Historians
Lectures on Art by Eminent Art Historians (in collaboration with Kala Academy, Directorate of Art and Culture, Govt. of Goa and Sunaparanta) at Kala Academy, Black Box 13th Dec 2009 - Dr. B.N. Goswamy – on A Sense of Wonde ...read more

Al Fresco

